In the course of the year since our last discussion on the subject of a Palestinian-Israeli settlement, at the fifty-ninth session of the General Assembly, significant changes have occurred in the Middle East peace process. We have experienced many anxious moments when it seemed that the fragile und…
I welcome Ambassador Bolton as Permanent Representative of the United States to the United
Nations. We are prepared to cooperate actively with him in the Security Council and other bodies of the Organization.
Russia voted in favour of resolution 1618 (2005) on terrorist activities in Iraq. We proc…
We are grateful to the Secretary-General’s Special Coordinator for the Middle East Process, Mr. De Soto, for the briefing he has given us on the current state of the peace process.
We were very alarmed to hear of the acute flare- up of tensions in the Gaza area. This happened as a result of attempt…
Let me at the outset, Mr. President, thank you for having convened today’s meeting, during which we are continuing the positive practice of holding joint briefings by the chairpersons of the three counter-terrorist Committees of the Security Council.
I should like also to express my gratitude to Am…
We are pleased to welcome the presence in the Chamber of the Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of South Africa, Mr. Aziz Pahad. We thank him for his thorough briefing on developments in the peace process in Côte d’Ivoire and on the mediation efforts made by the President of South Africa, Mr. Thabo…
The General Assembly has just adopted the international convention for the suppression of acts of nuclear terrorism. This decision is aimed at strengthening the international legal framework for the suppression of acts of nuclear terrorism and has particularly important political and legal consequen…
African problems are a constant concern for the Security Council, reflecting the international community’s deep concern at ongoing, difficult situations in Africa. We welcome the initiative of the Brazilian delegation in taking up the most timely items on the African agenda of the Security Council. …
We welcome the participation of the Secretary-General at today’s meeting of the Security Council. We appreciate the efforts being made by Mr. Pahad and Mr. Doss to resolve the crisis in the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire, and we thank them for their contributions to this meeting.
The Russian delegation …
We would like at the outset, Sir, to welcome you and your delegation and to congratulate you on Brazil’s assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of March. We are also grateful to Ambassador Adechi and the entire delegation of Benin for their work presiding over the Council…
We are happy, Mr. Minister, to see you presiding over the work of the Security Council today, and we welcome your delegation’s contribution to our consideration of this item.
Consideration of the subject under discussion in the Security Council today clearly shows that in West Africa there is great…
Russia voted in favour of the draft resolution on extending the mandate of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL).
Throughout the history of these forces, mandates have always been voted on unanimously, and we did not wish to break with that tradition or to create a precedent of devia…
We are grateful to the Chairman of the 1267 Committee, Ambassador Muñoz, for his thorough briefing on the results of the most recent 120-day work period of the 1267 Committee and the Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team. They have done a great deal of work for which we are grateful to th…
We are pleased to welcome the Prime Minister of Romania, who is presiding over the Security Council. His presence in this Chamber, as well as the participation in today’s meeting of the Secretary- General, the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Mexico and the high-level representatives of a number of l…
We welcome the outcome of the Security Council mission to West Africa, which we view as an important signal to parties to conflict that they must abide by the commitments they have undertaken. We stress that, in the light of the cross-border nature of many problems in West Africa, the consideration …
My delegation thanks our colleagues, Ambassadors Jones Parry, De La Sablière and Gaspar Martins, for their briefing on the Security Council mission to West Africa. I am sure that the visit was a useful one. This year, unfortunately, my delegation was unable to participate in the mission. Therefore, …
Madam Minister, we are very happy to see you presiding over this meeting of the Security Council and leading the Philippine delegation, which has been
providing a very effective presidency for the current month.
The Security Council’s consideration of the various conflict situations on its agenda …
Today, the Security Council has adopted a new resolution on Iraq that will become an important milestone in that country’s history. The Russian Federation supported the adoption of this resolution in the light of our commitment to a prompt political settlement of the situation in Iraq under United N…
We are grateful to Mr. Zebari for his statement.
On 1 June, the Iraqi interim Government was formed and the temporary Governing Council dissolved. Earlier, the Secretary-General briefed us on the results of the mission to Iraq of his special envoy, Mr. Brahimi. We look forward to the report of Mr. …
We are pleased to see participating in today’s meeting of the Security Council, Ms. Marjatta Rasi, President of the Economic and Social Council, and Mr. Jan Egeland, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs. Their participation is further testimony to the cooperation of the major organs of t…
We are grateful to Ambassador Muñoz for his briefing. During the first half of this year, the
sanctions Committee established pursuant to resolution 1267 (1999) continued to pursue an active and robust policy in ensuring the effectiveness of the restrictive measures that the Security Council has im…
